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Pride 2021: Aucklands Karangahape Rd gets its first Progress Pride rainbow crossing 18 Feb, 2021 04:05 AM 4 minutes to read Karangahape Rds new Progress Pride Flag rainbow crossing, just outside St Kevins Arcade. Photo / John Nottage Social issues reporter, NZ Heraldmichael.neilson@nzherald.co.nz Aucklands Karangahape Rd has finally been adorned with a rainbow road crossing of its own, celebrating LGBTQI+ right in its heart. And the move, scheduled to happen before Auckland Pride Festival ends ...

More than 6000 young people, aged between 14 and 21, answered questions on education, homelessness, harassment, mental health and community connections over 2019. La Trobe Associate Professor Adam Bourne said the report found that LGBTI young people did suffer ongoing and significant stigma, discrimination, violence and abuse including “in public, in their homes, on the sports field and at school”. “We have to recognise that context as we reflect upon the very high rates of poor mental he...

MONIQUE FORD/Stuff Brodie Packer says they dont feel like they have to conceal parts of themselves in the workplace after an initiative that includes pronouns in email signatures. Brodie Packer (they/them)​ says when they went to work, they would leave a part of their identity at home. But thats no longer the case after helping create an initiative at their work with Inland Revenues Rainbow Network, which encourages people to share their pronouns in email signatures and educates them on why ...

The majority of LGBTQA+ youth feel supported by friends, but more needs to be done to ensure their safety and to improve mental health outcomes,...

Auckland’s first ‘Rainbow Crossing’ is coming to Karangahape Road. The crossing will be installed in front of St Kevin’s Arcade, and is planned to coincide with the end of Auckland Pride Month. The design will include the colours of the Progress Pride Flag, a more recent design created by international artist Daniel Quasar. John Nottage, co-chair of Auckland Transport’s Rainbow Network says that including the colours of the Progress Pride Flag, will potentially make it the first in th...

Over 80 Percent Of LGBTQA+ Young People Experience High Levels Of Psychological Distress, New Aussie Survey Finds The largest national survey on the wellbeing of LGBTQA+ young people in Australia has been released. It proves we still have a long road ahead. 3 February 2021 3 February 2021 I spent most of high school in the closet. I had very little in the ways of queer friends or icons to look up to, let alone a queer community. I got a majority of my queer education from Tumblr, while sex ed c...

Press Release – Auckland Transport Auckland’s first ‘Rainbow Crossing’ is coming to Karangahape Road. The crossing will be installed in front of St Kevin’s Arcade, hopefully in time to mark the end of Auckland Pride Month. The design will include the colours of the Progress Pride Flag, a more recent design created by international artist Daniel Quasar. John Nottage, co-chair of Auckland Transport’s Rainbow Network says that including the colours of the Progress Pride Flag, will pote...

A visitation will be held from 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021, at Adams Funeral Home, Ozark, with Dr. Woods’ family in attendance to greet guests during those hours. Friends may pay their respects to Dr. Woods anytime from 1-6 p.m. Feb. 6, at Adams Funeral Home, Ozark.  Dr. Mark Allen Woods, 47, passed away Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. He was born Aug. 21, 1973 in Virginia, MN (the same hospital as Chris Pratt), the son of Larry and Heneretta (Wells) Woods. He died peacefully with his family...

An opposition coalition in the Central African Republic has called for an annulment of the presidential and legislative elections last Sunday, as they say, a third of voters were unable to cast their vote due to insecurity. In a statement on Wednesday, the Democratic Opposition Coalition (COD-2020), said the elections “were not fair and inclusive and are in no way the expression of the people’s will”. The group condemned an “electoral farce”, and alleged widespread ballot stuffing and...